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Support for EU talks goes up

September 28, 2010

Apparently support for EU negotiations has gone up again and is now around 64%, according to a survey conducted for Fréttablaðið. The results are published in the paper today and on visir.is. Clearly Davíð Oddsson and his cronies need to up the ante a little bit — spew some more anti-EU propaganda out among the [...]

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The new mayor opens a diary and other fun stuff

June 20, 2010

So, as most people reading this will know, we have a new mayor here in Iceland in the form of comedian Jón Gnarr, of the Best Party. The Best Party essentially stormed out of nowhere last spring and stole the Reykjavík local elections from the [corruption-ridden] Independence Party [who despite their corruption-riddedness still have loads [...]

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First resignation on Morgunblaðið over Doddson’s editorial policy

April 30, 2010

Gunnhildur Arna Gunnarsdóttir, one of the news editors of Morgunblaðið, has resigned from the paper as she disagreed with the paper’s handling of the information published in the Black Report. In particular she found fault with the screaming headline on the front page of the paper the day following the publication of the report, and [...]

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An eruption, a flood, and some shallow apologies

April 15, 2010

What a crazy day it has been! When I got up this morning, the aftermath of the Black Report was still the Issue of the Day. I flipped through Fréttablaðið during breakfast and was pleased to note that they aren’t shying away from the misdemeanors of their owners TOO much. I haven’t seen Morgunblather since [...]

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Sixteen years

March 3, 2010

Today marks sixteen years since AAH and I moved to Iceland. It was 1994. The Internet didn’t even exist yet – at least not as a normal part of life. A few months after arriving I started working at Iceland Review as a journalist and translator, and about a year after that the IR website [...]

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Gleefully biting the hand that feeds you

February 25, 2010

According to a report on pressan.is, there is “very little joy” up at Morgunblather about the appointment of their former editor-in-chief Ólafur Stephensen to arch-rival Fréttablaðið. Apparently, Ólafur’s termination agreement is still in full effect, he’s still collecting a full salary from MBL and is receiving various benefits, including the use of a company vehicle. [...]

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Of the EU, Special Prosecutor, and musical chairs in the media

February 24, 2010

Fairly meaty news day today. EUROPEAN UNION First, the EU has declared that Iceland is fit to join their club provided we tweak our policies and administrative structure a bit. If we do, they will kindly allow us to discuss potential accession. They have a few, um, criticisms about how things are done here. [I'm [...]

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I sneak a peek onto the Mbl website

January 29, 2010

You know the worst thing about not reading Morgunblaðið any more? I miss the ingenious satire of my favourite cartoonist. Halldór was not one of the ones fired from Morgunblaðið when Doddsson took over, despite the fact that he has been known to throw a punch or two. Which may be because he’s not an [...]

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Doddsson hauls out the ammunition

January 29, 2010

So, old Davíð Oddsson – key player in Iceland’s economic collapse, Prime Minister for 13 years, Central Bank director preceding the meltdown, currently editor-in-chief of Morgunblaðið – appears to be preparing the groundwork for his defense in anticipation of the Black Report. As I’ve stated repeatedly, I no longer read Morgunblaðið [well, except when it's [...]

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Doddsson sweeps the corners

January 14, 2010

So, it’s been a while since we’ve heard anything of our friend Davíð Oddsson: he who has the ability to turn Icelandic society on its head with one pithy remark; he who was instrumental in launching the Icelandic rise-and-fall with the privatization of the banks; he who installed himself in a cushy job at the [...]

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